Antigua (Fuerteventura)

Antigua parish
Largest town in Antigua: Caleta de Fuste
coat of arms	Map of the Canary Islands
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Canary Islands
Province :	Las Palmas
Island:	Fuerteventura
Coordinates	28 ° 25 ′  N , 14 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 25 ′  N , 14 ° 1 ′  W
Height :	254  msnm
Area :	250.56 km²
Residents :	12,461 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	49.73 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	E – 35630 (Antigua) E – 35638 (Valles de Ortega)
Municipality number  ( INE ):	35003
administration
Mayor :	Matías Fidel Peña García (as of 2020)
Address of the municipal administration:	C / Plaza, 1 35630 - Antigua
Website :	www.ayto-antigua.es
Location of the municipality

Antigua is one of the six Municipalities of to Spain belonging Canary Island Fuerteventura . The place of the same name is the administrative seat of the municipality.

Places of the community

El Castillo in Caleta de Fuste

The population figures in brackets are from 2011.

• Caleta de Fuste (El Castillo) (6,000)
• Antigua (2,292)
• Triquivijate (1,004)
• Valles de Ortega (660)
• Agua de Bueyes (294)
• Casillas de Morales (350)

General

Antigua is one of the oldest communities on the island. The central location was temporarily the capital of the island in the 19th century; Puerto del Rosario replaced it in 1835. Before immigrants from mainland Spain settled here in the second half of the 16th century, Antigua was part of the parish of Betancuria . Two centuries later, the Antigua parish broke away from Betancuria and became an independent parish. A windmill and some mansions are evidence of the place's earlier importance. The blue and white Art Nouveau villa from around 1900 is particularly striking.

Worth seeing

The Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Antigua church in Antigua

• The church Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Antigua dates from the 18th century; it has a Mudejar-style wooden ceiling made from Canarian pine . A fiesta in honor of the patron saint is held at the beginning of September.
• Centro de Artesanía in the Molino de Antigua ; one of the windmills that ensured economic prosperity has housed a handicraft center with exhibitions since 1997. Every year in May, there is a craft fair, Feria Insular de Artesanía .
• With the opening of the cheese museum, the Molino de Antigua has one more attraction to offer. In a specially converted house, visitors receive information about the cheese from Fuerteventura, the Queso Majorero.

Web links

Commons : Antigua  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ^ Population figures of the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.